2010 Acorn (G1) - Champagne d'Oro

Champagne d'Oro, a 39-1 shot, grabbed the lead coming out of the gate and hung on through the final yards for a narrow victory over favored Amen Hallelujah in the 80th running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Betfair TVG Acorn for 3-year-old fillies Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park.

In his first ride over Belmont Park's 1½ mile oval, California-based jockey Martin Garcia sent the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro straight to the front from post position 11, where she set fractions of 23.61 and 46.86 while being tracked by Buckleupbuttercup. Still in command on the turn, Champagne d'Oro hit the stretch with a clear lead and managed to hold off the challenges from Amen Hallelujah and Tanda, who was forced to go wide, for the half-length win.

Champagne d'Oro, who covered the mile in 1:37.44, returned $81.00 for a $2 win bet.

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[thebermanator68]

How do like them apples Marty...10 for minutes and we have the 10.00 super in.

That was very funny when we both smiled at each other when we were thinking the same thing..Dude I can see this race for days. What a race he ran. I thought he was dead but at 39-1 shuckles are very very good to me...